HGE: What a stunning, beautiful cover - old-school illustration. I wonder if the crushing sadness I feel when looking at it comes from my own nostalgia, or was it present for contemporary viewers of this magazine? My guess (how will we ever know for sure?) is that it always held a powerful element of melancholy. Thanks for posting such unusual and worthwhile stuff. -- Mykal

What gives you melancholy I see as sentimentality. My grandparents were married in that era and when they saw things like this it would have reminded them of their days of courtship, when sitting on the front porch with your sweetie was hot stuff!

Speaking of hot stuff, we flip completely next time with a post more evocative of my era: soft-core porn! What a transition, huh?